Instagram, Facebook down globally: Meta 'working' to solve issue as users flag call to 'log in again, change password'

 Instagram, Facebook down  Meta 

Instagram, Facebook down globally: Meta 'working' to solve issue as users flag call to 'log in again, change password'

On Tuesday evening, social media giants Facebook and Instagram experienced widespread service disruptions not only in India but also across various regions worldwide. Users voiced concerns over encountering login difficulties on both platforms, finding themselves unexpectedly logged out and unable to refresh their feeds on Instagram. Moreover, many encountered prompts to reset their passwords, exacerbating the inconvenience.

Reports of similar issues soon surfaced among YouTube users, indicating a broader technical glitch affecting multiple platforms. Messages such as "Log in again; session expired; couldn't refresh feed" began appearing for users navigating through Facebook and Instagram apps around 8:30 pm on Tuesday.

Downdetector.com, a platform for tracking outages, highlighted the severity of the situation by recording tens of thousands of outage reports for Meta Platforms' Facebook and Instagram. Facebook alone amassed over 300,000 outage reports, with Instagram following suit with more than 20,000 reports. This data underscores the significant impact of the disruption on users' access to these platforms.

According to Reuters, Meta's status dashboard revealed that even WhatsApp Business's application programming interface was encountering issues, further complicating the situation. Downdetector also registered approximately 200 reports of WhatsApp outages, indicating a broader technical issue across Meta's suite of services.

Meta reacts

"We're aware people are having trouble accessing our services. We are working on this now," Meta spokesperson Andy Stone said in a post on X social media. 

Netizens fear hacking, cyber attack

Hundreds of people took to microblogging site X (fomerly Twitter) reporting about Facebook and Instagram outage. One user wrote, “Is meta down or am I being hacked? 😂 my instagram isn’t loading and my facebook is also “session logged out". Another said, “I thought my Facebook and Instagram got hacked for a second."

"Me coming to twitter to see if #INSTAGRAM is down once again," another user tweeted. An X user 'Fram Freeman' claimed, “I've been scrambling changing passwords 3 times thinking I'm racing the hackers like in a movie lol."

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